Survey Data
Reg No
12400202
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1815 - 1835
Coordinates
256573, 179020
Date Recorded
01/01/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Two-arch rubble limestone road bridge over river, c.1825. Random squared rubble limestone walls with tooled limestone ashlar rounded triangular cut-water to pier, and cut-limestone coping to parapets. Pair of camber arches with tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs having keystones, and squared limestone soffits. Sited spanning Clogh River with grass banks to river.
Appraisal
An elegantly-appointed bridge representing an important component of the early nineteenth-century civil engineering heritage of County Kilkenny. The profile of the arches combined with the ashlar dressings displaying expert stone masonry introduce a formal quality to an otherwise rustic bridge with the resulting composition making a pleasant impression on the aesthetic appeal of the landscape.